Catch for bag-frames



(Model.)

E. G. HOLMES.

CATCH FOB. BAG FRAMES.

No. 272,880. Patented 1188.211888,

Wimesses, Inventar 9 Ilada/fai@ 82M@ der or in side frame of the bag. Said hook g -citizen of the United States, residing in the sides of the bag or satchel from spreading apart `the under side of a bridge, o2, which is part of EDWARD o. HOLMES, oF

PATENT OFFICE.

NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

CATCH FORV BAG-FRAM Es.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,880, dated February 27, 1883,.

Appncaaon inea July 2s, rss2. (Moda.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD G. HOLMES, a

cityr ofNewark, in the county ofEssex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and uscfnl Improvement in Catches for Bag-Frames, whereof the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that species ofcatches for bag-frames which are generally placed upon the sides of the frame and are used to keep the when the bag is full.

Figure lis a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a plan. Fig. ltis an end view. Fig. 5 is a transverse section of a modification. Fig. 6 is a view of the catch as applied to a bag.

A is the bottom plate of the catch, havinga rivet,'b, at each end, castor made integral with the plate, and adapted-to he inserted and secured in the side oi' the outside frame of the bag. The bottom plate,, is also provided with raised projections c, with vertical slots d therein, as shown in Fig. l.

E is the arm or fastener proper, having cylindrical journals or trunuions f at one end, which rest and Work within the vertical sockets or slotsdof the bottom plate, A. The said trunnions and slots form the fulcrum of the arm E. The other end of the arm is provided with a curved hook,g, which is adapted to pass through an opening, a', in the bottom plate, A,and also through a hole or a perforated plate in the unis beveled on one side, j, (see Fig. 4,) so as to allow it to ride more freely over the under side of the frame.

H is a spring, which is riveted at one end to the bottom plate, A, this bridge having integral with it a rivet or projection, a3, for securing the spring. This riveting construction between the bridge and spring being at a point near the opening a. through which the hook g passes, thus permits the spring to be made long and to extend nearlythe whole length of the bottom plate and nearly the whole length of the arm E, and this construction allows the leverarm E to he made almost as long as the plate A, with its fulcrnm at one extreme end of such plate, the spring occupying a positign between i the fulcrum and the hook of this arm. The

other or free end of the spring rides over the solid cam i on the end of the arm E, and said spring H serves to keep the arm in place and to force it down upon the bottom plate, while its length avoids any undue strain upon in in the frequent raising and lowering ofarm E. and permits its resilience to remain unimpaired under long or constant usage. Instead of having the slots rl cnt through the sides of the projectionsc, Imay have closed recesses or grooves k, as shown in Fig. 5, thus concealing the journals and keeping out dust and dirt from them, and such recesses, whether struck up in the material or otherwise made or indented therein, also allow of greater strength than the slots, and afford a smoother and better finish to the catch. It is also cheaper and easier to strike up such covered recesses from sheet metal than to make them with the open slots.

The operation is as follows: When the bag is closed and it is desired to open it, raise the hook end of the arm E, and the hook g, being raised out of the opening in the lower or inner frame, will immediately release said frame and the bag can be opened. The spring, by means of the cam i, will hold the arm either raised or lowered. When it is desired to close or fasten the bag or frames, it' the arm E is down upon the plate, the catch will close automatically by the lower frame sliding over the beveled end j ofthe hook g,- otherwise, the arm may he lowered by hand.

I may make the whole catch, or any of its parts, either of solid metal or raised from sheet.

of automatically locking the bag frame with the catch without necessarily lifting the arm E.

What l claim as new in catches for bagframes is-` 1. The bottom plate A, having an opening, a', at one end, the bridge a2, the projections c,

l and the vertical slots or grooves, as set forth,in

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@sasso combination with the lever arm E, having a solid cam and trunnions at one end and the solid earn and trnnnions ai: one end and the side beveled hook at its other end, and with sdebeveled hook at; its other end, and with the spring H, riveted to the bridge at a point the spring H, riveted to the bridge at a posibetween the extremities of the arm E, all sub- 5 tiotn between the ezitfremlites of the armE, alll I stantially as and for the purposes set forth.

su )stantially as an( or t 1e purposes set: 'ort l.

' 2. The bottom plate, A, having an opening, I EDWARD C HOLMES' a', at one end, bhe bridge a2, the projections c, Witnesses: and the indented recesses k, as serJ forth, in MARCUS L. WARD, Jr., 1o combination with the lever arm E, having a IRA JORALEMON. 

